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Antique Maps, Prints and Ephemera

Ephemera

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 Poster -  Sale of Freehold estate in Herefordshire    1854   size: 440 x 570 mm

 Ref  AAE001              £50.00 (+P&P)

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 Poster -  Advertising an exhibition of fireworks, Illuminations and Concert at the Surrey Zoological Gardens.   Printed in London  c1830    size: 250 x 380 mm

 Ref  AAE004              £40.00 (+P&P)

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 Poster -  Advertising an evening of entertainment at Sadler's Wells Theatre  6th, 7th Oct 1820.
size: 230 x 380 mm.           A few small repairs.

 Ref  AAE005              £60.00 (+P&P)

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 Poster -  Theatre Royal  Edinburgh
Thursday  11th Jan  1849
Great detail of the Pantomime Aladdin

size: 210 x 410 mm.     A few folds.
Damage to lower margin,  tight top-left margin

 Ref  JKE001           £30.00 (+P&P)
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Poster -  Theatre Royal Lyceum, London
Thursday  19th September 1811
M.P or The Blue Stocking,  Boarding House or Five Hours at Brighton,
and Quadrupeds or The Manager's Last Kick!
For the Benefit of Mr Raymond.  Tickets to be had from Mr Raymond.
size: 210 x 280 mm.     Some discolouration.

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 Burgh Elections
Final State of the Polls at 4 o'Clock, on Tuesday 7th November 1837
Lists 3 districts, candidates and numbers of votes.

size: 280 x 440 mm.           A few folds.

 Ref  JKE002            £25.00 (+P&P)
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 Table of the Price of Posting, shewing the Charges usually made for a Pair of Horses.
Stage Coach fees in a simple table of rates from  1s0d to  1s9d per mile.
Samuel Leigh / Sidney Hall     1837

 size: 80 x130 mm  a few spots of discolouration..

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 Stomach Cleaning Brush  ( early form of Stomach Pump )   Gentleman's Magazine 1750
A Page from the letters section of the Gentleman's Magazine of 1750,
explaining the workings of the new stomach cleaning brush for the removal of
unwelcome worms in the digestive system.  Full descriptive text and illustration.
Reverse side has mortality listing for London in 1749
      (note 5 dead from worms, justifying the new  stomach brush technology)
image size: 60 x110 mm  , page size:  120 x 200 mm.

 Ref  HAE014              £28.00 (+P&P)    click image for enlargement
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 Bond Certificate   Maine Central Railroad,  $5000   Not issued.  Due 1935  
size  : 345 x 240 mm     
Ref  AAE006              £25.00 (+P&P)
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 Bond Certificate   Portland Terminal Company, (Portland, Maine)  $10000  
Not issued.   From 1933,  Due 1961         size  : 345 x 240 mm     
Ref  AAE007              £25.00 (+P&P)
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 General Directions for the Driver of the Rolling Waggon
James Sharp   c1775         size  : 220 x 210 mm , 2 folds
   faint impression of embossed library stamp.  
Ref  JGE002              £28.00 (+P&P)
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 Poster - Advertising Tolls to let on the Crickley Hill Turnpike Road.  
The sale of the Turnpike Tolls by auction at the King's Head Inn, Northleach, Gloucester.
Printed at Cirencester 1861      size  : 285 x 450 mm     
Ref  AAE009              £45.00 (+P&P)
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 Gateshead Beer Shop.  Conditions of Sale of Leasehold.
Sale of building land at Hood Street, Gateshead Meadows for the construction of a Beer Shop
Document drawn up by Ingledew & Daggett    1853
size: 530 x 410 mm.     5 folds.
Illustration shows 25%  (1/4) of folded document.

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 Trade Advertisement -  Thomas Haines   Waggons   1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :110 x 180 mm     
Ref  HAE003              £25.00 (+P&P)

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 Trade Advertisement -  J. Evans  Florist & Seedsman  1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :110 x 180 mm     
Ref  HAE004              £25.00 (+P&P)

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 Trade Card -  Hingston & Co  Chemists & Druggists    1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :70 x 100 mm      Card printed as publication advertisement.
Ref  HAE005              £22.00 (+P&P)

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 Trade Card -  Hale & Binfield -  Music Teachers     1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :90 x 130 mm      Card printed as publication advertisement.
Ref  HAE011              £22.00 (+P&P)

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 Trade Card -  Turnbull  -  Writing Desks     1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :110 x 80 mm      Card printed as publication advertisement.
Ref  HAE013             £22.00 (+P&P)

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 Trade Card -  S. Moss  Druggist & Experimental Chemist       1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :130 x 90 mm      Card printed as publication advertisement.
Ref  HAE007              £22.00 (+P&P)

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 Trade Card -  Alder & Co   Chemist and Apothecaries    1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :100 x 70 mm      Card printed as publication advertisement.
Ref  HAE006              £22.00 (+P&P)

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 Trade Card -  Wickes & Co   Chemists & Druggists     1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :100 x 70 mm      Card printed as publication advertisement.
Ref  HAE010              £22.00 (+P&P)

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 Trade Card -  Chemist & Druggist   1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :120 x 85 mm      Card printed as publication advertisement.
Ref  HAE009              £22.00 (+P&P)

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 Trade Card -  Cooper -  Musical Instruments & Music     1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :90 x 670 mm, centre crease     Card printed as publication advertisement.
Ref  HAE012              £18.00 (+P&P)

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 Trade Advertisement -  Garratt's Coach Manufactory    1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  : 170 x 110 mm      repair to small tear on lower margin
Ref  HAP117              £18.00 (+P&P)

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 Act of Parliament              1687
An Act for Reingrossing of the Records of Fines Burnt or Lost in the late Fire in the Temple

size:  170 x 260 mm     8 pages ( 4 sheets)
Ref  JKE006              £22.00 (+P&P)
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 Act of Parliament              1732
An Act for the converting of further Part of the Capital Stock of the South Sea Company into Annuities redeemable by Parliament .....  
( solution to the South Sea Bubble problem)
size:  170 x 260 mm     14 pages ( 7 sheets)
Ref  JKE008              £28.00 (+P&P)
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 Act of Parliament              1776
An Act for granting to His Majesty several duties on Coaches, and other carriages ...
A general raising of taxes through tax on Travel, Lending, Gambling and a Lottery

size:  170 x 260 mm     34 pages ( 17 sheets)
Ref  JKE004              £28.00 (+P&P)
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 Act of Parliament              1740
An Act for penalising the setting on fire or flooding of mines owned by competitors

size:  170 x 260 mm     4 pages ( 2 sheets)
Ref  JKE005              £20.00 (+P&P)
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 Act of Parliament             19th June 1829
An Act for the more effectual Administration of the Office of a Justice of the Peace in and near the Metropolis.
( One of the Acts which established Peel's London police force in 1829 )
size:  170 x 260 mm     4 pages ( 2 sheets)
Ref  JKE007             £24.00 (+P&P)
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 Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.
Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No 837   Supplement   c July 1837  
Ref  AAE010              £12.00 (+P&P)
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 Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.
Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No LXX   Feb 14, 1824  
Ref  AAE011              £12.00 (+P&P)
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 Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.
Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No 573   Oct 27,  1832  
Ref  AAE012              £12.00 (+P&P)
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 Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.
Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No 270   Aug 25  1827  
Ref  AAE013             £12.00 (+P&P)
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 Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.
Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No 473   Jan 29,  1831  
Ref  AAE014              £12.00 (+P&P)
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 Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.
Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No 409  Jan 9,  1830  
Ref  AAE015              £12.00 (+P&P)
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 Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.
Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No 290   Dec 29,  1827  
Ref  AAE016              £12.00 (+P&P)
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 Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.
Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No 785  July 2,  1836  
Ref  AAE017              £12.00 (+P&P)
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 Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.
Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No CLIX     Sept 10,  1825  
Ref  AAE018              £12.00 (+P&P)
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 Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.
Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No 266     July 28,  1827  
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 Booklet -  The Crystal Palace and Park in 1853 - What has been done - What will be done.
A very scarce pamphlet published by the directors of the Crystal Palace Company outlining
the progress of the new Crystal Palace site at Sydenham (Opening in 1854).
The concluding report, by George Grove, is dated 22 Sept 1852.
36 pages,  fragile cover,   size  : 100 x 150 mm 
Ref  AAE020              £120.00 (+P&P)
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 Poster -  Advertising a meeting of the Tottenham Park Association for the protection of Persons and Property and the Prosecution of Felons & Other Offenders.
Meeting held at the White Hart Inn,  Burbage, Wiltshire.  31 May 1830
Printed 25 May  1830     Writing on reverse.     size  : 290 x 230 mm 
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 Newspaper -  The General Evening Post  Sat March 6 - Tuesday March 9, 1762
Broadsheet.   size:  290 x 440 mm  with single fold.

Ref  AAE023              £30.00 (+P&P)
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 Newspaper -  The Sun     Thur, March 25   1813
Broadsheet.   size:  330 x 520 mm  with single fold.  [Price: sixpence -halfpenny]
Carries bookseller's later stamp showing sale for threepence - halfpenny.

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Newspaper -  Bell's Weekly Messenger
London:   Printed by J. Bell, British Library, No 90, opposite Southampton Street, Strand
Price:  7½d
Each edition - 8 pages (4 sheets)    245 x 385 mm.
Usual content topics:  Foreign news, Home news,  Trials & Assizes, 
Finance, Court, Theatre,  Ships taken by pirates,  Weather, Sport,
Trade,  Fashion, Markets, Prices, Stocks,  Letters to the Editor, ....
 Makes fascinating reading and a good insight into daily life in the 1790s.
See detail illustrations below for typical content.
The illustrations here represent typical content taken from Bell's Weekly
of 1796 & 1801, and not necessarily content of specific editions listed below.   
Back Page  
Detail 1     Detail 2     Detail 3     Detail 4     Detail 5
Detail 6     Detail 7     Detail 8     Detail 9     Detail 10
Detail 11   Detail 12   Detail 13   Detail 14   Detail 15
Detail 16   Detail 17


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Ref  KAE008        No 260  19 Apr 1801         £22.00 (+P&P)
Ref  KBE005        No 281  30 Aug 1801        £22.00 (+P&P)
Ref  KBE006        No 287  11 Oct 1801         £22.00 (+P&P)

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Newspaper -  The London Chronicle or Universal Evening Post
Price: Twopence Halfpenny    (  2½d  )
London:   Sold by J. Wilkie at the Bible in St Paul's Church Yard.
Each edition - 8 pages (4 sheets)    220 x 285 mm.
Each edition covers the news for 2, 3 or 4 days.
Usual content topics:  Foreign news, Home news,  New Publications, 
Bills & Law,  Shipping ,  Cargo & Port activity,  Trade, 
Speeches, Government,  Markets, Prices, Stocks,  Letters to the Editor, ....
 Makes fascinating reading and a good insight into daily life in the 1760s.
See detail illustrations below for typical content.
The illustrations here represent typical content taken from The London Chronicles of 1762
and not necessarily content of specific editions listed below.   

Detail 1     Detail 2     Detail 3     Detail 4     Detail 5
Detail 6     Detail 7     Detail 8     Detail 9     Detail 10


Ref  KBE007        No 808  25 Feb 1762         £22.00 (+P&P)
Ref  KBE008        No 815  13 March 1762    £22.00 (+P&P)
Ref  KBE009        No 830  17 April 1762       £22.00 (+P&P)
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Ref  KBE011        No 832  22 April 1762       £22.00 (+P&P)
Ref  KBE012        No 871  22 July 1762        £22.00 (+P&P)

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Newspaper -  The Athenian Mercury     Tues  March 28   1693
Double sided single sheet.   size:  170 x 290 mm,  uniform surface discolouration.
Not strictly a newspaper - a Question and Answer periodical for the amusement of the Genrty.
Ref  KKE001              £24.00 (+P&P)      Detail     
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Newspaper -  The Athenian Mercury     Tues  Jan 22   1695
Double sided single sheet.   size:  170 x 290 mm,
Not strictly a newspaper - a Question and Answer periodical for the amusement of the Genrty.
Ref  KKE002              £24.00 (+P&P)      Detail     
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Newspaper -  Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle    No 1449   Mon July 16  1827
Broadsheet - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  400 x 530 mm,  signs of wear at fold.
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     US Navy List   American Navy    Quack Medicines   Trusses
Ref  KKE003              £24.00 (+P&P)
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Newspaper -  Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle    No 747     Mon Jan 21  1814
Broadsheet - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  400 x 530 mm
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     Quack Medicines   Weather - Heavy Snow    Accidents   Grovelling advertisement
Ref  KKE004              £24.00 (+P&P)
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Newspaper -  Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle    No 1449   Mon July 16  1827
Broadsheet - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  400 x 530 mm,  signs of wear at fold.
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:   Blind Restored to Sight    Thames Tunnel & New London Bridge    Old Bailey Sessions
Ref  KKE015              £24.00 (+P&P)
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Newspaper -  The Penny London Post or The Morning Advertiser   No 232   Sept 7  1744
Printed and Sold by J. Nicholson at the Printing Office near Black and White Court in the Old Bailey.
Tabloid - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  250 x 360 mm,  signs of wear at fold.
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     Anti Venerial Pills   Quack Remidy    Tincture Medicines   Petty Crimes
                  Plantation News   Cure for Grand Pox    News from Boston 
Ref  KKE005              £26.00 (+P&P)
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Newspaper -  The Penny London Post or The Morning Advertiser   No 214    Oct 17   1744
Printed and Sold by J. Nicholson at the Printing Office near Black and White Court in the Old Bailey.
Tabloid - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  250 x 360 mm,  signs of wear at fold.
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     Cure for Tooth Ache   Petty Crimes    Weekly Mortality Bill   Trials and Transportation
Ref  KKE006              £26.00 (+P&P)
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Newspaper -  The Penny London Post or The Morning Advertiser   No 231    Oct 19   1744
Printed and Sold by J. Nicholson at the Printing Office near Black and White Court in the Old Bailey.
Tabloid - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  250 x 360 mm,  signs of wear at fold.
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     Cure for Grand Pox or Clap   Sale of Brandy    Miracle Cures   Trials and Transportation
Ref  KKE007              £26.00 (+P&P)
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Newspaper -  The Penny London Post or The Morning Advertiser   No 264   Jan 2   1745
Printed and Sold by J. Nicholson at the Printing Office near Black and White Court in the Old Bailey.
Tabloid - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  250 x 360 mm,  signs of wear at fold.
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     Tobacco is good for you        Pox and Clap Cure    Weekly Mortality Bill  
Ref  KKE008             £26.00 (+P&P)
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Newspaper -  The London Morning Penny Post      Aug  23    1751
Printed and Sold by J. Nicholson at the Printing Office near the Sessions House in the Great Old Bailey.
Tabloid - 2 sides of a single sheet.   size:  270 x 410 mm,  signs of wear at edges.
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     Quack Medicine        Petty Crimes   
Ref  KKE009            £26.00 (+P&P)
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Newspaper -  The Kentish Gazette  No 2365     Fri March 18   1791
Printed by Simmonds and Kirby,  St Georges Street,  Canterbury
Small Broadsheet - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  320 x 460 mm
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     Faversham Hairdresser   Gaol Calendar - Assizes at Maidstone    Duel in Scotland   Prison Breaking
Ref  KKE010              £26.00 (+P&P)
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Newspaper -  The Kentish Gazette  No 2366     Tues  March 22  1791
Printed by Simmonds and Kirby,  St Georges Street,  Canterbury
Small Broadsheet - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  320 x 460 mm
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     Fox Hunting      Quack Medicine    Shipping News
Ref  KKE011              £26.00 (+P&P)
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Newspaper -  The Kentish Gazette  No 2367     Fri March 25   1791
Printed by Simmonds and Kirby,  St Georges Street,  Canterbury
Small Broadsheet - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  320 x 460 mm
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     Riots in France   Remedy for Piles    Misc Advertisements   News from Paris
Ref  KKE012              £26.00 (+P&P)
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Newspaper -  The Kentish Gazette  No 2454   Tues  Jan 3   1792
Printed by Simmonds and Kirby,  St Georges Street,  Canterbury
Small Broadsheet - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  320 x 460 mm
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     Female Transportation to Botany Bay    Cure for Agues and Fevers    Misc Advertisements 
Ref  KKE013              £26.00 (+P&P)
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Newspaper -  The Kentish Gazette  No 2455     Fri Jan 6   1792
Printed by Simmonds and Kirby,  St Georges Street,  Canterbury
Small Broadsheet - 4 sides with centre fold.   size:  320 x 460 mm
Before national coverage, newspapers of this vintage were produced locally and covered local, national and international news.
Typical content:  local services and wants, general news, crimes, court sessions, foreign affairs, wars, weather, health, advertisements, ...
Details:     Quack Medicines and Ointments      Beauty Paste for Ladies
                  Convicts for Botany Bay struck by Small-Pox       Shipping News
Ref  KKE014              £26.00 (+P&P)
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 Newspaper -  The Morning Chronical      Friday,  May 20th,  1808
Broadsheet.   size:  320 x 480 mm  with single fold.  [Price: sixpence ]
Illustration shows top half of front page.

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 Legal Dispute over footpaths and rights of way at Hampstead Heath.   4 March 1891
6 pages of manuscript legal argument between The London County Council
and Sir Thomas Spencer Wells over land rights issues.
Manuscript map  400 x 510 mm ( 2 main folds) illustrating the argument.  Detail shows footpaths
between Hendon Road and  West Heath Road / Platts Lane.

Ref  AAE026              £60.00 (+P&P)
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 Title deeds -  'Hayes'  Kenley, Surrey      1896
15 manuscript pages of entitlement deeds of farmland, fields and buildings.
size: 440 x  340 mm  -  heavy duty legal parchment.
Ref  AAE028              £20.00   (+P&P)  Item is heavy - needs additional postage.
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 French Brewing Industry     1739
Reissue in the reign of Louis XV of an edict of Louis XIII setting up a system for ensuring the quality of beer.
size:  200 x 260 mm      4 pages  ( 2 sheets)
Ref  JKE009            £24.00   (+P&P)  

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 Japanese Lottery Ticket    1926     size: 185 x 125 mm    Small tear top centre.
Ref  AAE029              £32.00   (+P&P) 
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 Cheque - London & Westminster Bank Limited    size: 200 x 80 mm   
Embossed One Penny Stamp
Ref  AAE030              £15.00   (+P&P) 
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 Shares Certificate (Cancelled)  
Tobacco Products Corporation    100 Shares   1925    size: 290 x 190 mm   
Ref  AAE032              £20.00   (+P&P)
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 Shares Certificate (Cancelled)  
The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company   100 Shares   1930    size: 280 x 180 mm   
Ref  AAE033              £18.00   (+P&P) 
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 Shares Certificate (Cancelled)  
The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company   100 Shares   1946    size: 280 x 180 mm   
Ref  AAE034              £18.00   (+P&P)
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 Shares Certificate (Cancelled)  
Bank of Charleston,  South Carolina  1878   size: 260 x 170 mm   
Ref  HEE002              £25.00   (+P&P)
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 Lottery Listing     1866
Grand Duchy of Baden
size:  200 x 250 mm 
Ref  JKE013                   £20.00   (+P&P)    click image for enlargement
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 Dutch Lottery Ticket    July  1871
Overstamped  Nov 1927
size:  170 x 240 mm 
Ref  JKE015            £18.00   (+P&P)    click image for enlargement
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 Berlin Concert    May 9th  1872
Concert Haus Zeitung       Josef Gung'l
Programme Sheet including Restaurant price list and Liebig avdertisement.

size:  260 x 390 mm  with 2 folds. 

Ref  JKE014              £25.00 (+P&P) click image for enlargement
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 American Declaration of Independence           Tallis 1850
A copy of the Declaration of Independence printed in the
Tallis History of America   1850   
size:  220 x 290 mm  - has a centre fold
Ref  FLE005                   £38.00   (+P&P)    click image for enlargement
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 American Declaration of Independence           Virtue  c1861
A copy of the Declaration of Independence printed in
Charles Mackay's  History of America   c1861  
size:  220 x 300 mm  - has a centre fold
Ref  FLE005                   £38.00   (+P&P)    click image for enlargement
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 Decret Imperial       7 April 1811
12 page Napoleonic Decree
size:  170 x 240 mm 
Ref  JKE011            £18.00   (+P&P)  

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 Bill of Freight    1898
Perishable Freight - The Wabush Railroad Company
Shipment of beer from Schliz Brewery, Milwaukee
to Watertown, NY
Shipment in American Refrigerator Cars.
Reverse side: - Advertisment for The American Refrigeraor Transit Co,  St Louis, MO
 size:  210 x 340 mm,  several folds.
Ref  JKE010           £24.00  (+P&P)      
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 Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
New Guinea  1878   mon Achille Raffey
64 pages,   40 woodcut illustrations,  1 map,    size: 220 x 300 mm   
Some spots of foxing on first page
Ref  SEE002              £26.00   (+P&P) 
Detail         Map        click image for enlargement 
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 Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
Spitzberg.   First printing of the expedition aboard the Corvrett "La Recherche"   c1865
32 pages,   22 woodcut illustrations,  2 maps,    size: 220 x 300 mm   
Some spots of foxing on first page
Ref  SEE004              £30.00   (+P&P) 
Map 1          Map 2         click image for enlargement
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 Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
Journey to the Gabon and up the River Ogooue by Alfred Marche
Some Slave Trade illustrations.            1878
46 pages,   29 woodcut illustrations,  1 map,    size: 220 x 300 mm   
Some spots of foxing on first page
Ref  SEE005              £28.00   (+P&P)
Detail          Map          click image for enlargement 
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 Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
Travels in Persia  by Count Gobineau   1859
30  pages,   15 woodcut illustrations,  1 map,    size: 220 x 300 mm   
Some spots of foxing on first page
Ref  SEE006              £28.00   (+P&P)

Detail         Map         click image for enlargement
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 Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
Fiji Islands   1882
16 pages,   11 woodcut illustrations,  1 map,    size: 220 x 300 mm   
Some spots of foxing on first page
Ref  SEE007              £26.00   (+P&P)

Detail         Map         click image for enlargement
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 Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
Fiji Islands   1886
15 pages,   6 woodcut illustrations,  1 map,    size: 220 x 300 mm   
Some spots of foxing on first page
Ref  SEE008              £26.00   (+P&P) 
Map    
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 Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
Wallis Islands,  NW of Fiji   Discovered in 1767 by Samuel Wallis      c1880
16 pages,   11 woodcut illustrations,  1 map,    size: 220 x 300 mm   

Ref  SEE010              £26.00   (+P&P)
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 Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
Easter Island.  An account of a visit in 1877         Published 1878
'Voyage a L'Ile de Paques   ...  Par M. Alphonse Pinart'
16 pages,   14 woodcut illustrations,  1 map,    size: 220 x 300 mm   

3 copies - Ref   SEE013,  SEE014,  SEE015              £30.00  each  (+P&P) 
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 Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
New Guinea    An account of an expedition in 1876
16 pages,   13 woodcut illustrations,  1 map,    size: 220 x 300 mm   
Some spots of foxing on first page
Ref  SEE009              £26.00   (+P&P) 
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 List of Bankrupts for the year 1798     (European Magazine and London Review)   size: 120 x 200 mm
9 pages of English Bankrupts, and their addresses,  for the period Dec 26 1797 to June 26 1798

Ref  FLE004     full list A - Z          £16.00  (+P&P)          Detail
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 Prices of Stocks for the year 1772    (London Magazine)    size: 120 x 200 mm
12 pages of Stocks listings,  Lottery winnings, Wind direction at Deal (Kent) and London Weather conditions for all of the year 1772.    Illustration shows one typical month.
This package of 12 sheets covers every day of 1772.

Ref  FGE001              £30.00 for all 12 pages  (+P&P)
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 Prices of Stocks for the year 1798     (European Magazine and London Review)   size: 210 x 120  mm
6 pages of Stocks listings, County Court Sessions, Bills of Mortality, and Lottery winnings for the first half of the year 1798
Covers Jan 1798 to June 1798    Two pages shown
Ref  FLE002               £18.00 for all 6 pages  (+P&P)
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 Table of Corn Prices for the year 1798     (European Magazine and London Review)   size: 120 x 200 mm
6 pages of average corn prices in English counties (split into coastal and inland counties).
The corn table lists Wheat, Rye, Barley , Oats and Beans for each county.
The table of weather conditions for each day of the month lists air pressure, temperature and wind direction.
Covers Jan 1798 to June 1798   
Ref  FLE001               £18.00 for all 6 pages  (+P&P)
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 Table of Value of Foreign Coins for the year 1753     (Gentlemans Magazine)   size: 120 x 200 mm per page
' Table of the Assays, Weights and Values of Foreign Silver and Gold Coins made at the Mint.  By Sir Isaac Newton.'
Detail 1     Detail 2
Ref  HEE003               £16.00 for all 3 pages  (+P&P)
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 Biblical Chronology Table            Bagster  1847
size: 450 x 220 mm,  2 folds,  creased margins
Ref  GDE001              £32.00   (+P&P) 
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 Population Returns of 1811     Capper 1813
8 pages of census returns for London,  the Counties of England & Wales, the Shires of Scotland and all towns in England with over 2000 inhabitants.
page size: 120 x 200 mm   (illustration shows double page)
Ref  GDE002              £16.00   (+P&P)                        Another Page            click image for enlargement
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 Biblical / Israelite Chronology Table            Donaldson  1761
size: 500 x 400 mm, several folds,  tight right margin
Ref  HBE001              £28.00   (+P&P) 
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 Statistical graph for the maintenance of seal colonies after hunting.
Set of 3 charts.     Chart B     Chart C
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey  1895
X axis - size of seal colony or herd,  Y axis - Age of seals.
Litho          size:    240 x 230 mm
Ref  HLE001   ( all 3 charts)           £20.00   (+P&P)      
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 Table of ships engaged in Seal Hunting in the Bering Sea between 1875 - 1892
Set of 3 charts.     Detail 1     Detail 2
Table indicates ship's nationality and name
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey  1892
Litho          size:    790 x 350 mm
Ref  HLE002             £20.00   (+P&P)      
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 Advertisement -   1891
Field Lane Refugees and Ragged Schools,
Vine Street, Clerkenwell Road, EC.
Charity request for donations for sanctuary for the destitute and homeless.
size:  110 x 170 mm
Ref  JFE001              £18.00 (+P&P)
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 A General Display of Arts and Sciences  - Frontispiece to the Royal Encyclopaedia
    Detail 1       Detail 2    Detail 3
Grignion   1785
Copper engraving           size:    350 x 210 mm
Ref  JGE001            £28.00   (+P&P)      
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 Fishmongers Hall Banquet Programme & Menu
9 page  menu, table plan and guest ticket
for banquet on  June 23rd 1930
size: 115 x 260 mm. 

Ref  JKE016           £20.00 (+P&P)   click image for enlargement 
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 The Lady's Magazine      October 1786
Unbound monthly section of the Lady's Magazine with a series of diverse articles of the day:
Capt Cook's Pacific Voyages, The Lady's Physician,  News from home, abroad & America,
births, deaths & marriages,  letters page, reviews.
News report of the first fatality from a hot air ballooning accident in England.
size:  130 x 210 mm   Text only - missing some illustrations.
Ref  JKE017              £15.00 (+P&P)
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